Cassini/CIRS capabilities for aerosol, cloud, and surface measurementsInformation that should be revealed by the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) about the aerosol, cloud, and surface properties of Titan are addressed. Limb sounding data will be used to determine aerosol abundances, scale heights, and gradients between 80 and 400 km for various latitudes. Stratospheric condensate cloud top altitudes and column abundances will be inferred as functions of latitude. A search for new species will be conducted. Thermal maps between 500 and 550/cm will be used to investigate tropospheric methane clouds and surface topography; time resolution provided by different orbits will be used to distinguish the two.
Document ID
19920023134
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Samuelson, Robert E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)